Another day and more new/updated resources from Google. Yesterday, it was a video project with the Wharton School of Business and Sidewiki.

Today, Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land introduces a change to Google Maps named “Place Pages” that replace the “info window” that previously appeared when doing some map searches. Sterling says the changes present the information “much more effectively.”

Sterling writes:

The new “Place Pages” offer a more user friendly presentation of the same information. Also launching today are Place Pages that cover cities, neighborhoods, points of interest and transit stops, in addition to business locations. (The Place Pages are accessible from the “more info” link associated with the listing or result.)

Greg’s post is full of screenshots that illustrate the changes.

The idea behind Place Pages, according to Google is to “give you all the info about a place, in one place.”

Source: Search Engine Land

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